An elementary approach to gap theorems

DOI10.1007/S12044-009-0020-5zbMATH Open1180.53036arXiv0801.0285OpenAlexW2156512608MaRDI QIDQ841199FDOQ841199

Authors: Harish Seshadri 

Publication date: 14 September 2009

Published in: Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using elementary comparison geometry, we prove: Let $(M,g)$ be a simply-connected complete Riemannian manifold of dimension $ge3$. Suppose that the sectional curvature $K$ satisfies $-1-s(r)leKle-1$, where $r$ denotes distance to a fixed point in $M$. If $li{m}_{rtinfty}{e}^{2r}s(r)=0$, then $(M,g)$ has to be isometric to ${mathbbH}^n$. The same proof also yields that if $K$ satisfies $-s(r)leKle0$ where $li{m}_{rtinfty}{r}^{2}s(r)=0$, then $(M,g)$ is isometric to $R^n$, a result due to Greene and Wu. Our second result is a local one: Let $(M,g)$ be any Riemannian manifold. For $ainR$, if $Klea$ on a geodesic ball $B_p(R)$ in $M$ and $K=a$ on $partial{B}_p(R)$, then $K=a$ on $B_p(R)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0285

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldsectional curvaturehyperbolic spacevolume comparison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Rigidity results (53C24)

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• On the proof of the positive mass conjecture in general relativity
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